research methods: validity and assessing validity

Question 1

.what is meant by validity?

Answer 1

.measure of accuracy

Question 2

.what are the 2 types of validity?

Answer 2

.internal validity
.external validity

Question 3

.what is meant by internal validity?

Answer 3

.extent to which the researcher has managed to measure what they intended to

Question 4

.what are the 2 types of internal validity?

Answer 4

.face validity
.concurrent validity

Question 5

.what is meant by face validity?

Answer 5

.extent to which the test seems to measure what it intends too

Question 6

.how can you assess face validity?

Answer 6

.pass to a different expert to check

Question 7

.what is meant by concurrent validity?

Answer 7

.extent to which there is a close agreement between the data produced by a new test and an established test

Question 8

how can you assess concurrent validity?

Answer 8

.test participants with both new test and established test
.close agreement of results means high concurrent validity

Question 9

.what is meant by external validity?

Answer 9

.extent results can be generalised beyond the research context they were found in

Question 10

.how many types of external validity is there?

Answer 10

.3

Question 11

.what are the types of external validity?

Answer 11

.ecological
.temporal
.population

Question 12

.what is meant by ecological validity?

Answer 12

.extent to which research findings can be generalised from one setting to another

Question 13

.what is meant by temporal validity?

Answer 13

.extent to which research findings can be generalised to other time periods

Question 14

.what is meant by population validity?

Answer 14

.extent to which research findings can be generalised to the target population